Version: 1.01, by Logician
Developer Last Online: Nov 2023
Version: 3.5.5
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Released: 09-27-2005
Last Update: 01-10-2007
Installs: 721
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(This hacks works with both 3.5.x and 3.6.x)
This hack allows you to post powerful dynamic announcements (changing according to different conditions) on forum home page. It differs from vbulletin's default announcements in 2 ways:
The announcement is displayed in forum home page, not inside thread view. So visitors will read them on home page without clicking any links.
The Hack's announcements are not static: ie. they can be powerfully programmed to display different texts according to different conditions.
For instance you can tell "why they should register" if visitor is a guest, but if he is a member with 0 posts, you can tell him why he should start posting etc.! All in one announcement! Everybody will see the relevant text according to his status. (This is the hack everybody keeps asking in the TheAdminZone.com whose using the hack for members with 0 and 1 posts.)
This version of the hack is for vbulletin 3.5.x and 3.6.x (vb 3.0.x version is here and vb 2.x version is here. 3.5 version is coded as a plugin so you can install it WITHOUT modifying vb PHP files. It is easily installed in 2 steps through your admin cp.
Basic Usage of This Hack: You can set a text in your Admin CP and it's displayed in forum home to all users. Alternatively if you want, you can set another text as a popup announcement and it is displayed to all as a pop up announcement (it can't be killed with popup killers software!)
Advanced Usage : With conditionals you can set different texts/notifications/messages/announcements and they will be displayed if your pre-configured condition applies. This allows you to create powerful announcements/private messages/texts which address their receipt only if a certain condition is met. Some examples:
You can set to show an announcement in forum home IF:
user is X
user's usergroup is Y
user has X posts or has more than Y posts but less than Z posts
his last visit time was X days ago
today is X, hour is between Y and Z, day is wednesday, month is Y, week is month's 2nd week, today is user's birthday
IMPORTANT FOR 3.x USERS:
If you were already using this hack in 3.0.x, remember to do 2 things: BEFORE YOU INSTALL THIS HACK : Follow this instructions to remove the remnants of 3.0.x hack. AFTER YOU INSTALL THIS HACK : Go to your admin cp / styles, find these 3 styles:
dfh_announcement
dfh_announcement_headercode
dfh_announcement_popup
and REVERT THEM so that your new templates that comes with 3.5 version will apply.
About vb4.x version:
I didn't consider porting this hack to vb4 because vbulletin has now a VERY SIMILAR feature in vb4 called "NOTICES". You can find it under your admin cp/Notices submenu/Notice Manager. It is not as powerful as this hack as this hack allows you to use any kind of conditional to produce your announcement but it is more user friendly because you don't need to deal with conditional syntax, you simply build your announcement (notice) with menus
If you install the hack, click INSTALL, thank you..
Logician \\=^))
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Please forgive my ignorance, however, I did a quick little test for the pop-up, just a one line announcement and the red window is the size of my screen???
How do I make it look like yours with just a small red outline around the window?
downloaded and installed ... can get the popup to work fine but cant get the Forum Home Table Announcement to work...any ideas?
I'd say make sure you applied INSTALLATION STEP 2 correctly. (If you have more than 1 style sets, repeat this step for all FORUMHOME templates in all style sets)
Please forgive my ignorance, however, I did a quick little test for the pop-up, just a one line announcement and the red window is the size of my screen???
How do I make it look like yours with just a small red outline around the window?
Great hack!
Please see POST #9 in the thread. You can play with everything about popup announcements design via that line.
Dynamic Announcements: Programmable Forum Home Announcement/Message with conditionals Details »»
All in one announcement! Everybody will see the relevant text according to his status. (This is the hack everybody keeps asking in the TheAdminZone.com whose using the hack for members with 0 and 1 posts.)
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09-28-2005, 09:42 PM
